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Over three decades in museums, Joanne Jones-Rizzi has redefined the relationships between exhibitions, programs, and culture. Joanne has devoted her career to working on systemic change within museums so that we can find ways to welcome people who do not yet think of museums as their cultural institutions. As the Science Museum of Minnesota's Vice President of STEM Equity and Education, Joanne leads a team that connects the museum's work to a broader community, finding ways to make the museum available and meaningful to everyone. The issue of race, racism, and identity is a thread woven through Joanne's entire body of work. Her career in museums began at the Children's Museum of Boston, where she co-developed "The Kids Bridge", an exhibition about identity, ethicity, and race, and "Boston Black: A City Connects," which celebrates the remarkable diversity of Boston's black community. Joanne joined the Science Museum of Minnesota in 2005 for the "Race" exhibition project. Created in part